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Ohio’s coronavirus health orders to end June 2

COLUMBUS — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio's mask mandate and most other coronavirus-related state orders will end on June 2, allowing three weeks for more people to get vaccinated before then. He said Wednesday that applies to all of the state's COVID-19 orders — such as ...

Today’s clinic switching to Moderna

CONNORVILLE — The mobile mass vaccination clinic scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Buckeye Local High School will go on – but not as planned. Those who had an appointment to receive the one-shot Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will now instead be receiving the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, according to Jefferson County Health Commissioner Andrew Henry. “We have seen quite a few people cancel, obviously because they would have wanted the J and J originally,” Henry said. “That is to be expected. We are still going to be there at the same time.” The change ...

Pause ordered on Johnson and Johnson vaccine

WASHINGTON — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and W.Va. Gov. Jim Juctice have called for a pause in all Johnson & Johnson vaccine administration according to the recommendation Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. DeWine, Ohio Department of ...

Governor checks on local progress

STEUBENVILLE — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called COVID-19 vaccines “our ticket to freedom” during a Monday stop in Steubenville DeWine and his wife, Fran, toured the Jefferson County Health Department’s vaccination clinic inside the Fort Steuben Mall on Monday, talking with staff, local ...

Vaccination clinic stays busy

STEUBENVILLE — More than 400 people rolled up their sleeves Wednesday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus at Jefferson County’s mobile clinic at the Seventh Street Plaza. Health District Director Andrew Henry said the response was even better than they’d anticipated. “We were ...